Improvement in dress-protectors for sewing-machines



ELIZABETH F. SHAW. Dress-Protector for Sewing-Machines. No.l68,848.

Patented Oct-1951875.

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ELIZABETH F. SHAW, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRESS-PROTECTORS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,848, dated October19, 1875; application filed September 17, 1875.

To all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, ELIZABETH F. SHAW, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Dress-Protector forSewing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the followingis afull,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a shield or dressprotector for sewing-machines, to prevent ladiesclothing from being soiled by waste oil from the machinery, or from wearor injury by contact therewith, as hereinafter more fully set forth anddescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a rear View of my invention.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view, showing theattachment in detail.

A represents the usual pitman or rod connecting the treadle with thecrank-shaft B, or with the wrist-pin on the baud-wheel, as the case maybe. 0 represents a shield of sheet metal or other material, of anysuitable form, and provided with a shank, D. The shield may be fastenedat any point desired on the pitman A, and it can be attached anddetached in an instant, when desired, by the use of the fastening a,which consists of the flexible metal band, provided at one end with anopening, b, and at the other with a turnover part, a, which passesthrough the perforation b, and is bent over, as shown, thus securing theprotector firmly in any desired position. The shield is secured to thepitman,

as it is near the center of the machine where the protector is needed,and it, being adjusta-' ble, can be secured to the 'pitman of any styleor size of machine, and be adjusted to protect the garments on anymachine.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The shield or protector O, adjustably secured to the pitman A,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The improved fastening, consisting of the part ct, having perforationb, and the part a, in combination with the shaft D and protector G,substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own 1 affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

' ELIZABETH F. SHAW.

Witnesses:

HENRY DAILY, Jr., WM. LAW.

